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[ad_1] One of the UK’s “most technologically-advanced” glasshouses is set to produce millions of tomatoes. Based just outside Ipswich in Suffolk, it houses 250,000 tomato plants and is capable of producing 150 million tomatoes a year. The glasshouse will eventually stretch for 1km (0.6 miles) in length, in a project costing £30m. The first crop […]

[ad_1] Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionRosamund, Ella’s mother, says she wants to help other families with children who are affected The family of a nine-year-old girl who died from asthma has been given permission to apply for a fresh inquest into her death. It comes after the government’s chief lawyer heard […]

[ad_1] Image copyright CLEP Image caption An image of the rover taken with the lander’s terrain camera (TCAM) A Chinese rover and lander have taken images of each other on the Moon’s surface. The Chinese space agency says the spacecraft are in good working order after touching down on the lunar far side on 3 […]

[ad_1] A family of little owls has captured the heart of a wildlife cameraman in Essex. Russell Savory has been observing an adult male for eight years at its home in a derelict barn near Maldon. The male’s first partner died, but with a new mate they have recently produced three chicks. “I love their […]

[ad_1] Dynamite was invented by the Swedish engineer Alfred Nobel, who went on to found the international prizes for peace, science and literature which bear his name. But what was it about dynamite that prompted Alfred Nobel to become such a great philanthropist? Aaron Heslehurst explains. Video producer: Jeremy Howell [ad_2] Source link

[ad_1] Image copyright SARS Image caption The rhino horns were found wrapped up in plastic South African authorities have seized 116kg (256 lbs) of illegal rhino horn being smuggled out of the country. The haul of 36 horns and horn fragments, worth about $1.3m (£1m), is believed to be one of the biggest seized in […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption A nebula of stars Mysterious signals have been picked up from distant galaxies. When fast radio bursts or FRBs, as they are called, reach Earth’s telescopes they shine brightly for a few milliseconds, then disappear. Astronomers have detected dozens over the past decade – and have just announced […]

[ad_1] Media playback is unsupported on your device Media captionYohann Leroy: “Quantum writes a new chapter in the satellite telecoms industry” UK engineers have completed the build of the novel Quantum satellite. The telecommunications platform will be the first fully software-defined spacecraft. Traditionally, large satellites are configured on the ground for specific tasks that cannot […]

[ad_1] Image copyright ICEYE Image caption The view was built from data acquired on Wednesday Here’s a new view of Anak Krakatau, the collapsed Indonesian volcano that generated the 22 December tsunami that devastated local coastlines. The picture was assembled from radar images acquired on Wednesday by the ICEYE-X2 satellite. This is a small innovative […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Yora Do you fret that your pet pooch is blamed by environmentalists for turning rainforests into poo in the park? Have no fear – you can now fatten Fido on black soldier flies instead of Brazilian beef. A pet food manufacturer now claims that 40% of its new product is made from […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Christina Warinner Image caption A lapis lazuli fragment trapped in the lower jaw of the medieval woman The weird habit of licking the end of a paintbrush has revealed new evidence about the life of an artist more than 900 years after her death. Scientists found tiny blue paint flecks had accumulated […]

[ad_1] Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Artwork: A highly magnetised rotating neutron star. Astronomers say one of these could be a source of the signals Astronomers have revealed details of mysterious signals emanating from a distant galaxy, picked up by a telescope in Canada. The precise nature and origin of the blasts of radio […]